G'day i recently got an external Hard drive and it seem to work on my mother dears computer just fine, but when i go to connect it to my computer it seem to work(makes the noise to say soemthing has been pluged in and the bubble pops up saying a "mass storage device has be connected" or what ever it says) but it doesn seem to work. I have been into Add hardware and it comes up with the msg "This device cannot start. (Code 10)"
i've re-installed the usb 2.0 drivers and it doesn't seem to work. do any of you guys have any idea's. ps its an Astone Isodrive Ultra 410 60 gig External HDD.

youre are using external power brick right? also usb 2.0 driver what you using 98/ME?

nope using Xp pro.

What's your mobo chipset?

EDIT: oh its a 2.5' notebook drive, well only thing i can suggest is get latest usb drivers from your chipset manufacture, ie VIA/NVIDIA/INTEL...


last edited by 0z at 20:36:55 06/Apr/06

you have usb2 ports?
sounds like a power problem

Asus A7v8x-Mx
Sorry about taking so long to reply i got a god damn post limiter :P

Via USB 2.0 Drivers

last edited by 0z at 20:42:37 06/Apr/06

I tryed the Asus one and it didnt seem to work at all. not even popping up. I'm giving the other ones a shot now.

Nope not working :( there is a screen on the External HDD what has 3 things on it
R/W Standby and power.
Power is permanatly on , and standby and R/W and switching (so stanby is on, R/W is off and visa vira)
If thats any help.

hmm very odd, but its via chipset tho :S
could be that your usb port is not suppling enuff power for the device, gota 4 port powered hub to test? might need to buy a usb 2.0 pci card if all else fails, there pretty cheap these days like $20-25

these are the reasons i stay clear from VIA chipset based mobo's all problematic.

Cheers chief, I think i've done pretty much everything I can . Might invest in 2.0 pci card.